June 14, 2012

Sunny is not just a weather forecast…it’s a way of looking at things. OK, it IS a weather forecast, but there’s more. It also describes ABIGAIL O’STEEN, a true Floridian who loves time she spends outdoors in the…ready for it…sun. Ms. Abigail is the new Creative Services Producer for Heart’s NBC affiliate WESH in Orlando. She’s making the transition from O-town’s Cox-owned WFTV, where she’s worked for five and a half years, in both the newsroom and in the promo department. Learned a lot about Topicals while there. She’s got a broadcast journalism degree from the University of Florida and grew up in Montverde, which is on Lake Apopka. She’s all happy about her new gig and working with Promo Manager TONY REED and CSD STEVE RIFKIN. Well Dunne! Abigail.

If you are organized, creative, talented, energetic, have great leadership skills and looking to live where the sun shines all year long, then this job is for you.

WFTV is Central Florida’s News Leader, an ABC affiliate and Cox Media Group station serving Orlando-Daytona-Melbourne, a top-20 market, currently has an opening for a Promotion and Brand Manager to join our Creative Services Team.

Successful candidate must be able to effectively lead a dynamic team of producers and graphic artists in the creation of high quality image, topical and sweep spots for a number one news brand. You must also be able to turn news promos that are compelling and relevant to viewers in a deadline-driven, high pressure environment and assist in developing and executing long term marketing and community engagement strategies in a highly competitive market. Position also will be responsible for scheduling daily promos and managing promotional inventory and coordinating and managing station events and strategic partnerships.

Previous position in television promotion management and basic Avid editing skills required.

Think About This: "We each have the choice in any setting to step back and let go of the mind-set of scarcity. Once we let go of scarcity, we discover the surprising truth of sufficiency. By sufficiency, I don’t mean a quantity of anything. Sufficiency isn’t two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance. It isn’t a measure of barely enough or more than enough. Sufficiency isn’t an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough." ~ Lynne Twist